In contrast, the Oscar nominations are selected proportionally under a system called choice voting.

Hollywood uses it. Most democratic legislatures worldwide use something like it. For about 30 years, almost 30 cities in the United States used it. New York City used it to elect a school board until 2002. Cambridge, Mass. has used it since the 40s. If we used it to elect the Congress, Democrats would hold 49 percent of the power.